Print processing apparatus for printing a print job having a paper type not included in a paper information database

Abstract

Before transmitting a print job to a printing apparatus, a CPU of a print processing apparatus determines whether paper information designated in the print job has been registered in a paper information database of the print processing apparatus. If the paper information has not been registered, the CPU extracts paper information similar to the paper information designated in the print job from those stored in the paper information database of the print processing apparatus. Furthermore, the CPU copies information about the dependency on the printing apparatus, which is included in the extracted paper information (printer dependency information) to the paper information designated in the print job. Then, the CPU registers the paper information designated in the print job, to which the printer dependency information has been copied, in a paper information database of the printing apparatus and transmits the print job to the printing apparatus.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. A print processing apparatus capable of transmitting a received print job to a printing apparatus, the print processing apparatus comprising:
 a storage unit configured to store sheet information including attribute information indicating a sheet attribute; 
 a receiving unit configured to receive a print job in which attribute information is designated; 
 a transmitting unit configured to transmit the received print job to the printing apparatus; 
 a determining unit configured to determine whether sheet information including the attribute information designated in the received print job is stored in the storage unit; 
 a generating unit configured to generate new sheet information based on the attribute information designated in the received print job in a case where the determining unit determines that the sheet information including the attribute information designated in the received print job is not stored in the storage unit; and 
 a control unit configured to cause both of the storage unit and the printing apparatus to store the new sheet information generated by the generating unit. 
 
     
     
       2. The print processing apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the attribute information is information indicating one or more of a grammage of the sheet, a surface smoothness of the sheet, a shape of the sheet, and a name of the sheet. 
     
     
       3. The print processing apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the sheet information includes attribute information and processing information indicating an adjustment value necessary for executing printing, and
 the generating unit generates the new sheet information by adding processing information to the attribute information designated in the received print job. 
 
     
     
       4. A method for transmitting a received print job to a printing apparatus, the method comprising:
 storing sheet information including attribute information indicating a sheet attribute, 
 receiving a print job in which attribute information is designated; 
 transmitting the received print job to the printing apparatus; 
 determining whether sheet information including the attribute information designated in the received print job is stored in a storage unit; 
 generating new sheet information based on the attribute information designated in the received print job in a case where it is determined that the sheet information including the attribute information designated in the received print job is not stored in the storage unit; and 
 causing both of a storage unit of a print processing apparatus and the printing apparatus to store the new sheet information generated. 
 
     
     
       5. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions which, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to perform operations of the method according to  claim 4 . 
     
     
       6. The print processing apparatus according to  claim 3 , wherein the processing information is information indicating one or more of a creeping correction amount, a curl correction amount, and a paper separation fan air flow amount. 
     
     
       7. The print processing apparatus according to  claim 6 , further comprising:
 a selecting unit configured to select one piece of sheet information from among a plurality of sheet information pieces stored in the storage unit, 
 wherein the generating unit generates the new sheet information by adding processing information included in the sheet information selected by the selecting unit to the attribute information designated in the received print job. 
 
     
     
       8. The print processing apparatus according to  claim 7 , wherein the selecting unit selects one piece of sheet information from among the plurality of sheet information pieces stored in the storage unit based on the attribute information designated in the received print job. 
     
     
       9. The print processing apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein, in a case where the determining unit determines that the sheet information including the attribute information designated in the received print job is stored in the storage unit, the transmitting unit transmits the received print job to the printing apparatus while the generating unit does not generate the new sheet information. 
     
     
       10. The print processing apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the control unit causes both of the storage unit and the printing apparatus to store the new sheet information generated by the generating unit, and then the transmitting unit transmits the received print job to the printing apparatus. 
     
     
       11. A printing system comprising:
 a storage unit configured to store sheet information including attribute information indicating a sheet attribute and processing information indicating an adjustment value necessary for executing printing; 
 a receiving unit configured to receive a print job in which attribute information is designated; 
 a determining unit configured to determine whether sheet information including the attribute information designated in the received print job is stored in the storage unit; 
 a generating unit configured to generate new sheet information by adding processing information to the attribute information designated in the received print job in a case where the determining unit determines that the sheet information including the attribute information designated in the received print job is not stored in the storage unit; 
 a control unit configured to cause the storage unit to store the new sheet information generated by the generating unit; and 
 a printing unit configured to perform printing based on the received print job. 
 
     
     
       12. The printing system according to  claim 11 , wherein the attribute information is information indicating one or more of a grammage of the sheet, a surface smoothness of the sheet, a shape of the sheet, and a name of the sheet. 
     
     
       13. The printing system according to  claim 11 , wherein the processing information is information indicating one or more of a creeping correction amount, a curl correction amount, and a paper separation fan air flow amount. 
     
     
       14. The printing system according to  claim 11 , further comprising:
 a selecting unit configured to select one piece of sheet information from among a plurality of sheet information pieces stored in the storage unit, 
 wherein the generating unit generates the new sheet information by adding processing information included in the sheet information selected by the selecting unit to the attribute information designated in the received print job. 
 
     
     
       15. The printing system according to  claim 14 , wherein the selecting unit selects one piece of sheet information from among the plurality of sheet information pieces stored in the storage unit based on the attribute information designated in the received print job. 
     
     
       16. The printing system according to  claim 11 , wherein, in a case where the determining unit determines that the sheet information including the attribute information designated in the received print job is stored in the storage unit, the printing unit performs printing based on the received print job while the generating unit does not generate the new sheet information. 
     
     
       17. A printing method comprising:
 storing sheet information including attribute information indicating a sheet attribute and processing information indicating an adjustment value necessary for executing printing; 
 receiving a print job in which attribute information is designated; 
 determining whether sheet information including the attribute information designated in the received print job is stored in a storage unit; 
 generating new sheet information by adding processing information to the attribute information designated in the received print job in a case where it is determined that the sheet information including the attribute information designated in the received print job is not stored in the storage unit; 
 causing the storage unit to store the new sheet information generated by the generating unit; and 
 printing based on the received print job. 
 
     
     
       18. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions which, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to perform operations of the method according to  claim 17 .